Apostles, 719
Appress’ un fiume (Giovanni), 356 –59, 363 , 364
Apt Codex, 310 , 311 , 316
Aquitaine, 50 , 51
ars subtilior composition and, 342 –45
monastic polyphonic manuscripts and, 156 –62, 166 , 307
troubadours and, 106 –17, 351 , 353
See also Avignon papacy
Arabic mathematics, 252
Arabic music, 108 , 129 , 130
Aragon. See Spain, Arcadelt, Jacques, 723 , 724 , 725
Bianco e dolce cigno, Il, 724 –25, 726
Archilei, Vittoria, 804 , 806 –7
Architecture, 169 , 797
arcigravicembalo (enharmonic keyboard), 730 , 732 , 732
aria, 803
monody and, 806 –12
origins of word, 627
Aria della battaglia (A. Gabrieli), 787 –89
Aria di Fiorenza (Archilei), 804 , 806 –7
Aria di romanesca (Caccini), 823
Aria di romanesca (Frescobaldi), 823 , 824 , 825
Arie musicale (Frescobaldi), 821 , 824 –25
Arion (mythology), 804 , 805 , 809
aristocracy,
Grocheio’s musical social theory and, 208
high art and, 115 –16, 120 , 226 , 326 –27, 336
Italian musical preferences and, 351 –52, 367
madrigal and, 354 –56, 368
meritocracy and, 121
Nuove musiche song and, 812 –13
troubadour art and, 109 , 110 , 111 , 116 , 208
vernacular song and, 695
aristocracy of talent, 552 , 554 , 608
Aristotle, 196 , 248 , 551 , 587 , 727
ars perfecta and, 615
Mei treatise on, 799